Topper

Budworth achieved Volvo Championship Club status in 2001 and has developed a very strong topper training and development programme. Training is provided at all levels..basic sailing skills through to 1-2-1 clinics and coaching/mentoring is available at all levels of racing ability from club racer, north west junior traveller trophy series, north west topper traveller, nationwide topper series, national championship through to world championship campaigns.

Juniors and adult females can sail the Topper in club handicap racing on Saturday and Wednesday. Juniors also have Class racing on Saturday starting at 14.00 and can race on Sunday afternoons.

About 30 members have a Topper in the dinghy park and race them at the club and on the various racing circuits.
In 2006 around 10 members raced in the North West Traveller Series in fleets of 40+ boats on both lakes and the sea, 10 boats raced in the nationals in Weymouth and 4 boats and raced in the Worlds on Lake Garda where Budworth sailor Andrew Brown won the World Championship and Sue Brown won the adult category to give Budworth it’s first “double world champions”.

Club Member Achievements over last 3 years

  • 2006 World Champion - Andrew Brown
  • 2006 National Silver Fleet Champion - Dan Horner
  • 2006 Nationwide Traveller Champion - Andrew Brown
  • 2006 Nationwide North Berwick Champion - Harry Cheetham
  • 2006 North West Traveller Champion - Andrew Brown
  • 2005 North West Traveller Champion - Andrew Brown
  • 2004 Topper National Champion- Rob Partridge
  • 2004 North West Traveller Champion - Rob Partridge

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